karjalaini

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Karelian

Regional variants of karjalaini
North Karelian
(Viena) 		karjalaini
South Karelian
(Tver) 		karielane

Etymology

From karjala (“Karelian”) +‎ -laini. Akin to Finnish karjalainen and Ingrian karjalain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑˌlɑi̯nʲi/
  • Hyphenation: kar‧ja‧lai‧ni

Noun

karjalaini (genitive karjalaisen, partitive karjalaista)

  1. Karelian (person)

Adjective

karjalaini (genitive karjalaisen, partitive karjalaista)

  1. Karelian

Declension

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Possessive forms of karjalaini
1st person karjalaiseni
2nd person karjalaiseš
3rd person karjalaiseh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Derived terms

References

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “карел”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
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